Pickering Funeral Home

Crossing the Bar

Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep

Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For though from out our bourne of time and place

The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Don J. Weimer, 81, of Mexico, formerly of Auxvasse, died Sunday afternoon, Nov. 24, 2002, at his home.
   Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Pickering Funeral Home, with Pastor Gary Denbow officiating. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Auxvasse Cemetery.
   Mr. Weimer was born on Dec. 7, 1920, in Bowling Green, Mo., the son of Virgil Charles and Mary Ethel (Smiley) Weimer. On Aug. 1, 1946, in Boonville, he married Jean Miller. Mrs. Weimer survives at the home.
   He worked for A.P. Green Refractories for 37 years. Mr. Weimer worked on and traveled to show one cylinder gas powered engines. He also loved to buy and sell flea market items.
   Mr. Weimer was a veteran serving in the Army Air Force during World War II.
   In addition to his wife of 56 years, survivors include a son, Donald Weimer of Mexico; two daughters, Ilda Kennon and her husband Darrel of Pevely, Mo., and Linda Waage and her husband Brien of Columbia; two brothers Willard Weimer of Louisiana, Mo., and Virgil Guy Weimer of Utah; two sisters, Mary Ann Garvine of Granite Bay, Calif., and Virginia Geen of Madison, Wisc.; 6 grandchildren, Brook and Josh Kennon, Dail and Quinten Martin, and Matthew and Garrett Waage; 3 great-grandchildren, Nichole Martin, and Bailey and Jesse Kennon.
   A daughter, Donna Martin, preceded him in death.
   The family suggests memorials be given to the American Heart Association.